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COUNTERREFORMATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does counterreformation mean?
• COUNTERREFORMATION (noun)
The noun COUNTERREFORMATION has 1 sense:
1. a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation
Familiarity information: COUNTERREFORMATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("counterreformation" is a kind of...):
reformation (improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs)
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